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UK Inheritance Tax: What's Changed and What It Means for Families?

UK Inheritance Tax: What’s Changed and What It Means for Families?

December 23, 2025

Alex Dent

The UK government has just confirmed an important update to Inheritance Tax (IHT) reliefs for farmers and business owners — a move that eases some of the financial pressure on family farms and enterprises but still leaves broader tax reforms in place. From 6 April 2026, the threshold at which agricultural and business property relief…

Tax Benefits of Providing an Electric Vehicle Company Car for Director-Owner Companies

Tax Benefits of Providing an Electric Vehicle Company Car for Director-Owner Companies

October 28, 2025

Lindsay Farrer

Introduction This article summarises the principal tax benefits and considerations for a director-owner company providing a wholly electric vehicle (EV) as a company car in the 2025/26 tax year. The analysis covers capital allowances, benefit-in-kind (BiK) taxation, reimbursement of charging costs, VAT implications, salary sacrifice arrangements, and other relevant factors. Capital Allowances 100% First-Year Allowance…

'Cancer is a word, not a sentence'. How humour helped inspirational accountant following double mastectomy

‘Cancer is a word, not a sentence’. How humour helped inspirational accountant following double mastectomy

October 21, 2025

Jane Maclachlan

An inspirational cancer survivor is spreading a message of hope to others diagnosed with the disease as she shares how humour helped her through her illness. Mel Watson was just 33 years old when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. To control the disease, she opted for a double mastectomy and to have her ovaries…

We’re ready to help you become Maxing Tax Digital compliant

We’re ready to help you become Maxing Tax Digital compliant

August 22, 2025

Michelle Ruddick

Our team is certified to help thousands of self-employed businesspeople become Making Tax Digital compliant. From April 2026, the government will start rolling out its Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (MTD for ITSA) initiative which will require sole traders and landlords to keep digital records and submit quarterly updates to HMRC using compatible…

Digital tax reporting requirement for thousands of self-employed Cumbrian businesspeople

Digital tax reporting requirement for thousands of self-employed Cumbrian businesspeople

August 21, 2025

Stuart Farrer

Self-employed businesspeople should start preparing now for legislation set to radically revamp the reporting of income tax to HMRC, Cumbrian accountants have urged. The government confirmed its plans to roll out its Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (MTD for ITSA) initiative which will require sole traders and landlords who earn over £50,000 per…

Company directors in Cumbria and throughout the UK are being urged to act now to comply with incoming regulations

Company directors in Cumbria and throughout the UK are being urged to act now to comply with incoming regulations

August 14, 2025

Lindsay Farrer

It comes ahead of new identity verification rules set to take effect later this year under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. The regulations will require directors and people with significant control (PSCs) over limited companies to verify their identities through Companies House in a bid to prevent the misuse of companies for…

What are the changes in payrolling benefits in kind for employers from April 2026?

What are the changes in payrolling benefits in kind for employers from April 2026?

March 28, 2025

Shelly O'Neill

Payrolling benefits in kind is currently voluntary. If an employer currently wishes to payroll benefits, they must register online before the beginning of the tax year they want to include them on the payroll. This may mean that the employer does not have to prepare P11D forms at the end of the tax year. However,…

Hannah a finalist in Carlisle College's Apprenticeship Awards

Hannah a finalist in Carlisle College’s Apprenticeship Awards

March 4, 2025

Jane Maclachlan

Congratulations to Trainee Accountant, Hannah Brown, for being shortlisted in Carlisle College’s Apprenticeship Awards 2025. Hannah has worked at Saint & Co since leaving school in 2023 and started working towards the AAT qualification at Carlisle College in September 2024. She has shown great promise throughout her studies which has earned her being nominated by…

Time is running out if you want to exit your company and pay lower rates of capital gains tax

Time is running out if you want to exit your company and pay lower rates of capital gains tax

January 3, 2025

Lindsay Farrer

If you have traded through a limited company, and are looking to retire in the next couple of years, a common way to exit is to put the company into a Members Voluntary Liquidation (solvent liquidation). If this is the route for you, then you may want to ensure you liquidate the company before 5th…

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